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Optical fibre terminations
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Inventors: Lewis, Edward L.; Morgon, Trevor A.;
Assignee: Elliott Brothers (London) Limited (Chelmsford, GB2)
Primary Examiner: Levy; Stewart J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kirschstein, Kirschstein, Ottinger & Cobrin
A modification of the hot crimp technique described in U.S. application Ser. No. 701,240 filed 30th June 1976. In that case a bundle of fibres was inserted into a glass sleeve and the sleeve and fibres were thrust into a hot conical bore to compress the sleeve and fibres to remove interstitial dead space. In an incidental feature of that technique, the compressed bundle is maintained concentric with the outer sleeve surface, and in fact, with the outer surface of a metal sleeve which may provide the conical bore. This feature is adapted for the present invention in which a single fibre is inserted into a close fitting glass sleeve through a tapered lead-in ferrule, the sleeve and ferrule are thrust through an outer metal sleeve having a conical end so that the glass sleeve and fibre are compressed concentrically. The assembly then provides an accurately concentric single fibre termination pin. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A method for terminating a single-fibre optical cable for use in a fibreoptic communication system, including the steps of (a) baring an end portin of said fibre, (b) inserting said end portion into a deformable ferrule having accurately concentric walls, said ferrule being a close sliding fit on said fibre, and (c) urging said ferrule and said fibre axially into a member having an accurately conical bore to compress said ferrule onto said fibre.
2.
A method according to claim 1, wherein said deformable ferrule is inserted into an outer metal ferrule in which said deformable ferrule is a close fit, said fibre, said deformable ferrule and said outer metal ferrule being together urged into said member having a conical bore to compress said outer metal ferrule onto said deformable ferrule and said deformable ferrule onto said fibre.
3.
A method according to claim 2, wherein said outer metal ferrule is of substantially uniform wall thickness and has a leading end which conforms to said conical bore.
4.
A method according to claim 1, wherein there is provided an outer metal ferrule in one end of which said deformable ferrule is a close fit, the other, leading, end of said outer metal ferrule having a conical bore formation constituting said conical bore.
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A method according to claim 1, wherein said deformable ferrule is heated to facilitate its compression within said conical bore.
6.
A method according to claim 5, wherein heat is supplied through said member providing said conical bore.
7.
A method according to claim 1, wherein said deformable ferrule is of a material which is deformable under pressure and without the application of external heat.
8.
A method according to claim 2 wherein said deformable ferrule is urged into said conical bore by means of a ram ferrule having a leading portion of outside diameter equal to that of the deformable ferrule and a bore which is a sliding fit on said fibre at least as close as the fit of the deformable ferrule on said fibre, the ram ferrule having, at a position remote from said leading portion, a shoulder for the engagement of said outer ferrule
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